Frame for supporting display cards and the like



May 5, 1931. D. HOLLENBECK 1,804,164

FRAME FOR $UPPORT ING DISPLAY CARDS AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 13, 1929 Patented May 5, 1931 e'rer OFFICE I nENNIs L. HoLLENBnoK, or CHIOAGQ, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB. To LITHO-PAINT POSTER COMPANY, on onicneo, ILLINOIS, A conronA'rIoN or ILLINOIS FRAME FOR SUIPPORTING DISPLAY CARDS AND THE LIKE Application filed December 13, 1929. Serial No. 413,765.

side wall ofsa truck, or other vehicle, used 7 inthe transportation of merchandise-and the like, said frame being arranged to receiveand hold cardboard posters and other displays in a manner permitting removal and withdrawal of the'posters and replacement thereof, and preventing accidental movement of the posters from the frame.

' Another object of the invention is to pro vide a frame possessing the advantages and capable of the uses characterizing the frame herein disclosed, reference being made to the accompanying drawing inwhich 7 Fig. 1 is a view showing the frame attached to a support, which may be the side wall of a truck.

7 Fig. 2 is a similar view showing one of the end members of the frame detached.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the frame.

Fig. 4 is an inner side elevation of the frame.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the device for holding the removable member of the frame in connection with the remaining frame structure. 7

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig.1.

Fig. 7 is a similar sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1..

In the embodiment of the invention shown,

the frame is a metallic structure, but I do not restrict myself to the use of any specific material. The frame comprises upper and lower longitudinal members connected at their ends by vertical end members, all of said members being arranged to cooperate to hold the poster, or other article to be displayed, in proper position in the frame.

The upper longitudinal member comprises a bar 1 of appropriate thickness and width having attached to its outer side a plate 2.

The plate 2 is shown as extending nearly the full length of the bar 1, but leaves at one end of the bar 1 an elongation 3 of said bar 1 extending beyond the end of the plate 2. A similar elongation 4 of the bar 1 extendsjbeyond the opposite end of the plate- 2. The bar 1 and the plate 2 are permanently attached together by fasteners 5, or otherappropriate fastening means. The fasteners 5 are rivets passing through said bar 1 and said plate 2 and having their ends formed with heads to hold these parts together. 1

The lower longitudinal frame memberis similar to the one described and comprises a bar 6 having attached to its outer side a plate 7 terminating short of the ends of the 'bar'6 and leaving at one end an elongation 8 of said bar 6 beyond the end of the plate 7 and leaving at the other end an elongation "9 of said bar6' beyond the end of said plate 7 The bar 6 and plate 7 are permanently attached together by appropriate fastening means, such as rivets 10.

The lower and upper edges-of the plates 2 and 7, respectively, extend toward each other beyond thelower and upper-edges of the'b'ars 1 and 6, respectively, so-as to overlap the upper and lower edges of a cardboard 10?, or other article that is insertedfin the frame. One end of the frame comprises a vertical bar lllocated between the elongations 4 and 9 of the ba-rsl and 6 '(Fig. 2) and having attached thereto, a plate 12, the ends of which extend across the elongations l and 9. The plate 12 is attached to the-bar 11 by appropriate fastening means, such as rivets 1 3. Thei-nner edge of the plate 12 extendsbeyond the, inner end of the ba-r 11, so as'to engage over. the end of a display card in the frame.

I This part of the frame is rigidly attached .tothe supportl d, which may bethe wall of -a truckor the like, by bolts 15 passing through the upper and lower frame members above described and through the support 1 (Fig. 6). The nuts 16 screwed on the inner ends of the bolts 15 constitute means for clamping the parts together and :permit removal and replacement of the frames. The upper and lower ends of the end frame member above described are permanently attached 'to the support 14. This leaves open the end of the frame opposite from the vertical frame member described, so that the coardboard 10 or other article to be displayed, may readily be slipped into and out of the frame. The cardboard, or article to be displayed, is of such size that when it is located in the frame, its

upper and lower and end margins are overlapped by the'plates 2, 7 and 12, so that the displayed device will be properly supported and prevented from bending and from working out of the frame.

' The opposite end of the frame is detachable and replaceable and comprises a bar 18, similar to the bar 11 and arranged to be located in vertical position between the elongations 3 and 8. Each elongation 3 has in connection therewith a rigid outwardly eX- tended threaded stem 19. A plate 20 is rigidly attached to the bar 18 by fasteners 21 and has its ends extending beyond the ends of the bar 18, so as to seat against the outer sides of the elongations 3 and 8 of the bars 1 and 6. The inner edge of the plate 20 extends beyond the inner edge of the bar 18, so as to overlap the end of the cardboard mounted in the frame. The ends of the plate 20 are formed with slots or openings 22 to receive the threaded stems 19 and to permit removal and replacement of this end member of the frame. When the end member is in position on the frame, it may be clamped in such position by clamping nuts 23 screwed on the threaded ends of the stems 19, so as to hpld the parts in rigid assembled relations 1p.

It is now apparent that my improved frame comprises an end member and upper and lower members rigidly attached together and to a support. The removable end member of the frame may be readily detached and replaced by loosening the clamping nuts 23 for such purpose. A cardboard of appropriate size may be slipped into and from the frame through the open end of the frame provided by removing the removable end member, so that the display cards may be changed as often as desired. Thus, the truck or vehicle may be easily equipped with display signs of different kinds without the necessity of repainting the sides of the truck.

The construction and arrangement of the device may be varied within equivalent limits without departure'from the nature and principle of the invention. I do not restrict myself unessentially, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A poster display frame, in combination with a support, comprising a pair of longitudinal side members and a transverse end member, each of said members including a portion seated against said support and a portion extending inwardly beyond said first portion, elements attaching the ends of said end member to the ends of said side members and attaching both said end member and said side members rigidly in connection with said support, a detachable end member at the opposite ends of said side members from said first end member and including a portion seating against said support and a portion extending inwardly beyond said first portion, and elements attaching said second end member to said side members and permitting det-achment of said second end member from both of said side members.

2. A poster display frame, in combination with a support, comprising a pair of longitudinal side members and a transverse end member, a pair of fasteners detachably securing said end member to the ends of said side members and also securing said end and said side members in rigid connection with said support, other detachable fasteners securing said side members rigidly to said support and in spaced relationship, releasable clamping devices carried by the ends of said side members opposite from-said end member, and an additional end member detachably engaged by said clamping members and being detachable from both of said side members.

DENNIS L. HOLLENBECK. 

